Arsenal must pay £15m for ideal midfield capture

Arsenal have been told that it will cost them £15 million to secure the January signing of Newcastle United midfielder Moussa Sissoko, report L’Equipe, as speculation surrounding the St. James’ Park future of the French international continues to grow louder.

Sissoko has been Newcastle’s stand out performer this season as they have risen from the foot of the table to the top half of the Premier League – and his physicality is ideally suited to improving what is often a push-over Arsenal midfield.

With the former Toulouse man’s contract running until 2019, Newcastle and enigmatic chairman Mike Ashley hold all of the cards in any negotiations for Sissoko, meaning that Arsene Wenger would have to plough a lot of his January kitty straight into the deal if it is to come to fruition.